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Vanitha Swaminathan Named a Journal of Marketing Coeditor

Vanitha Swaminathan Named a Journal of Marketing Coeditor

Pitt Business professor Vanitha Swaminathan has been named a coeditor for the Journal of Marketing, the premier scholarly journal in the marketing field, effective July 1, 2022. Swaminathan, the Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing in Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate...

Frits Pil Appointed Distinguished Service Professor

Frits Pil Appointed Distinguished Service Professor

The University of Pittsburgh has appointed Frits Pil to the special faculty rank of Distinguished Service Professor in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration, effective May 1, 2022. Pil is Professor of Organizations and...

Inman and Liu Rank Among Top Marketing Researchers

Inman and Liu Rank Among Top Marketing Researchers

Researchers in the marketing area of the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration have again been recognized as among the most productive in their field by the American Marketing Association (AMA)....

Jeff Inman Earns Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award

Jeff Inman Earns Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award

The University of Pittsburgh’s winners of the 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Awards include J. Jeffrey Inman, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty and Albert Wesley Frey Chair in Marketing for the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Inman was...

Teaching Excellence Award Established to Honor Dean Assad

Teaching Excellence Award Established to Honor Dean Assad

After nearly seven years, Arjang A. Assad has decided to step down from his role as Henry E. Haller Jr. Dean of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration and return to the faculty effective June 30, 2022. “During my years at...

How emotions fuel fake news on social media

How emotions fuel fake news on social media

There’s no shortage of stories about the algorithms and social media platforms that amplify misinformation and aid the spread of fake news. But behind all that technology, there’s someone sitting at their computer getting worked up enough to click the share button....